taint in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for taint in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.taint [Am teɪnt, Brit teɪnt] VB trans

taint (contaminate) meat/water

contaminar

taint (dishonor) name/reputation

mancillar liter

taint (dishonor) name/reputation

deshonrar

the generosity of their donation was tainted by selfish motives

la generosidad del donativo se veía empañada por el egoísmo de sus motivos

to be tainted with sth his writings are tainted with racism

su obra está contaminada de racismo

II.taint [Am teɪnt, Brit teɪnt] N

1. taint C (trace):

taint

dejo m

2. taint U (stain):

taint

mancha f

taint

mácula f liter

taint

mancilla f liter

to be without taint of prejudice form or liter

estar libre de prejuicios

to be free of taint

estar limpio de toda mancha or mácula

Translations for taint in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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taint in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for taint in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.taint [teɪnt] VB trans

taint food

contaminar

taint reputation

manchar

II.taint [teɪnt] N

taint

mancha f

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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One legal dictionary, law.com, provides this useful example on the application of conspiracy law to an everyday sales transaction tainted by corruption.

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The identification evidence was fleeting and otherwise unreliable, prejudiced, tainted, or coached.

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They were not to be tainted by any other influence.

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Recognizing that programmers make mistakes, some languages include taint checking to automatically detect the lack of input validation which induces many issues.

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These cavaliers of righteousness swept through the lands, expunging the taint of demonic contamination wherever they found it.

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He said his victory was tainted by the long list of riders who had won the amateur championship and done nothing afterwards.

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His work as a historian has been tainted ever since, the invented passages proved by several scholars.

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She won with 53 percent of the vote, promising to restore integrity and dignity to a court tainted by scandal.

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There are a lot of doubters out there who see military justice and the military commission system as tainted or illegitimate...

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The taint checking tool proceeds variable by variable until it has a complete list of all variables which are potentially influenced by outside input.

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